Gboly Ariyibi found himself further down the City Ground pecking order following the arrival of Barrie McKay and Jason Cummings and will be allowed to gain more experience in League One, during the coming campaign

Nottingham Forest winger Gboly Ariyibi is joining MK Dons on a season long loan.

The 22-year-old is yet to make a single senior appearance for the Reds, following his £500k switch from Chesterfield in January.

The USA born player is still regarded as being a player with potential at the City Ground, but Mark Warburton feels it is best for the Leeds academy product to play regular football during the coming campaign, while adding more experience.

And Aryibi will get that opportunity with the League One club, who will be hoping to challenge for a top six finish under Robbie Neilson.

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Warburton had challenged Aryibi to earn his first team opportunity on the training ground, in the final stages of last season.

Mark Warburton at the City Ground.

But following the arrival of Jason Cummings and Barrie McKay, Forest already have two additional options for those wide positions and Aryibi has dropped further down the pecking order.

"I spoke to him and the question for him is, 'why haven't you featured?'. Is he not doing enough?," said the Reds boss when asked about Aryibi back in April. "You want players not to look for excuses, but to find solutions to problems.

"Why are we not playing him? What must he do better? That is what you want. You want players to knock on the door and ask what they must do better to get into the side.

"Train hard every day, do your gym work, look at the analysis – want more. If you do that, you will play. But you have to push. If you do not push, you will not get anywhere.”